Agentic AI Melbourne - October 2026

​This event is for engineers and builders in Melbourne who are building things with AI agents.

​Agentic AI Melbourne is run by the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) local Melbourne community chapter.

​Doors open 5:30pm for a ~6:00pm start.

​We have 1 talk and 3 lightning talks lined up for this month:

• ​How to Build Your Own AI Agent with goose.
  by Lifei Zhou, Software Engineer @ Block

• ​So You Want to Ship an MCP Server?
  by Jeffrey Aven, Founder @ StackQL

• ​The 1000x Junior Developer
  by Zach Jensz, Software Engineer @ Method Recruitment Group

• ​Why Agents Need An Identity
  by Rob Kenefeck, Field CTO @ ControlPlane

​Before and after the talks, you'll have time to meet and learn from others working with agents & AI in Melbourne.

​At 8pm - 8:30pm we'll head to our after-event community social.

​Want to join us?

​Registration is required and reviewed before being accepted.

​Please make sure you complete all questions to help with our review.

​To be eligible to attend, you must be either:

1. ​A software developer/engineer (current or former) using agents;
   OR

2. ​Someone who's built something using AI agents - and can provide information about what you have built on your registration.

​Interested in speaking?

​Please fill out our Call for Papers (CFP) form here: Open Google Form - slides are not required, demo's are welcome, and no vendor/sales pitches will be accepted.

​Thank you to our sponsors

• ​BlueRock & AI Dojo for the venue

• ​OpenAI, Optimising.com.au, & Union.ai for the food & drinks